Toronto’s Mayor, David Miller – currently languishing in lame duck status after declaring he won’t run for re-election this fall — had the newsrooms buzzing recently when his office issued a cryptic media advisory calling a news conference for the next morning to announce a significant announcement.
“Live trucks should arrive well in advance to run [...]

For the Canadian readers among us, I am sure everyone cringed at the broadcast of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s taped response to the Prime Minister’s address on Wednesday evening.
It doesn’t matter what your political stripe, the video incident was a nightmare.
The promised pre-taped address was to be aired in a 30-minute window provided by the [...]

Wherever Canada’s current minority government Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, makes a public address, no matter how small or seemingly casual, he uses a script and a teleprompter. I’ve seen him in the middle of a wheat field, sleeves rolled up, trying to look as farmer-like as possible, yet with two glass teleprompter screens to each [...]